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Hurricane Ida was a deadly and destructive Category 4 Atlantic hurricane that became the second-most damaging and intense hurricane to make landfall in the U.S. state of Louisiana on record, behind Hurricane Katrina in 2005. VT SEVA Houston conducted a donation drive in the local community and donated all the collections to Boy Scouts’ Hurricane Relief Program on September 6, 2021.

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VT Seva Atlanta Subha Kickoff meetup was organized on Sunday, September 5th, 2021 @ 4:00PM. In this event, Atlanta youth was recognized for their outstanding contributions for their various projects - Mask making, April Cool, Summer Camp. Also, Subha kickoff was launched to raise funds for 50 visually challenged kids of India. In addition, VT Seva Lambert School Club was launched which embodies youth empowerment in Atlanta.

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VT Seva Atlanta participated in ‘Meals by Grace’ volunteer work on Sep 3rd, 2021 in a big way. More than 25 Atlanta VT youth participated in packing various vegetables, fruits, and breads for the needy families of North Georgia. Our team delivered the packed food to 5 needy families of Georgia. Its very gratifying and rewarding experience for all of our adult and youth volunteers. Serve All Beings as Service to God - Sri Chinna Jeeyar Swamiji, VT Seva CEO.

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The VT Seva Atlanta Lambert Youth Club was started on August 31, 2021. Its purpose is to empower youth with leadership and communication skills through philanthropy projects. Club embraces cultural diversity and welcome all youth to participate in various humanitarian projects. Youth members will learn how to plan, develop, and implement various projects that benefit our Atlanta community as a whole. Club meetings will be every month and minutes will be taken of the meeting proceedings. The executive members of the club are: President: Srimayi Kukkadapu, Vice-President: Shivangi Panda, Secretary: Siri Arkatala, Director: Samved Gazzala, Tech Lead: Amaan Bhasin, Communication Lead: Siddharth Bharatwaj. In addition to the executive members, we have 30 more club members. The projects undertaken by club are Atlanta Heart Walk, Habitat for Humanity, Hands on Atlanta, Toys for Tots, etc. In addition, club will also initiate Eco-friendly projects like Adopt a road, Plant more trees, Recycling, etc. Besides, club members will participate in Atlanta Food Bank and Meals by Grace projects to serve the underserved. Furthermore, they will assist in organizing blood donation camps, help the local libraries, and serve the Senior citizens through various projects. Club meetings will be every month and minutes will be taken of the meeting proceedings.

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For VT - Seva Bay Area’s second Sandwich making activity of August youth volunteers packed PBJ and Veggie sandwiches for a family housing center in San Jose! The families received a nutritious meal thanks to our youth volunteers!

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In the month of August, VT Seva Bay Area’s Environmental Services had its first group street cleanup! A maximum of 6 youth volunteers had the opportunity to safely meet at a park and clean it up. The volunteers kept our parks and playgrounds clean for kids to play!

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One of VT Seva Bay Area’s August Environmental Services events was Milpitas Park Cleanup. For this event, 8 youth volunteers met up at a park to clean the playgrounds, grass, and sidewalks to keep our city clean!

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VT Seva Bay Area had its monthly compost gardening activity during the month of August. Our volunteers composted things like apple cores, Lettuce, Cardboard, paper bags and much more! Towards the end of the month volunteers sent pictures of how their compost had been going, through this, volunteers also learned the environmental benefit and impact of composting!

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For August’s Sandwich Making activity VT Seva Bay Area had 4 youth volunteers accumulating a total of 6 hours. The sandwiches made were later delivered to the homeless shelter known as Life moves, and were served for lunch! You can also check out our instagram - @vtsbayarea for more pictures!

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The North Jersey Vtseva Team had a walkathon to support visually challenged kids in India. It was held on August 29 and the event was led by Mihir one of the members of the Youth Board. The event overall was a huge success and we raised around $2000 for our cause!

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Manoogian Manor residents love our Youth Board members, they've been invited 2nd time to attend their Bonfire. Volunteers spent their time there setting up seats on the patio, handing out lemonade to the residents, socializing with the residents, pushing the wheelchairs, and cleaning up the area. Our YB members and Manoogian Manor residents both connected even more today, all of the residents were happy to see us and enjoy sharing stories of their lifetime and inquired about daily life. One of the resident Dona, entertained us by singing a song, they were so thrilled and happy to share their experiences and hobbies. Our YB embers became experts in having conversation with seniors :) Both our YB members and Manoogian Manor residents are eagerly waiting for next Bonfire. Youth Volunteers: Aditi, Advaith, Eesha, Harish, Oviya and Veeksha Adult Volunteers: Vani Ji and Priya

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𝗩𝗧𝗦 𝗗𝗘𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗜𝗧 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭 𝗙𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗗𝗥𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗚𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗡𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗙𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗕𝗔𝗡𝗞 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗖𝗔𝗣𝗨𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗡 𝗦𝗢𝗨𝗣 𝗞𝗜𝗧𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗡 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗣 𝗢𝗙 𝗞𝗥𝗢𝗚𝗘𝗥 𝗡𝗢𝗩𝗜 𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗦 𝗦𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗦𝗛𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗙𝗙 𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬 𝗦𝗨𝗖𝗖𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗙𝗨𝗟𝗟𝗬 𝗪𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝟭𝟮 𝗕𝗼𝘅𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗙𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 $𝟲82 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗛 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀🙏 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 ( 𝟬𝟴/𝟮𝟮/𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭) 𝗮𝘁 𝗞𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗶 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟭𝟬 𝗮𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝟱 𝗽𝗺. 𝗔𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗳𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀. Our youth volunteers and adult volunteers were on fire throughout their shift slots reaching out to all customers, distributed the flyers, spoke about VT Seva Detroit and explained the reason behind this food drive . They were spot on with their impeccable customer friendly skills and approach. We did see few people not so responsive towards their efforts but they never gave up, continued to do volunteering with same energy and smile. We sincerely thank each one of these wonderful amazing Youth and Adult volunteers who participated today 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀: 𝗦𝗮𝗶 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶, 𝗦𝗮𝗶 𝗦𝗮𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗿𝗮, 𝗔𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶, 𝗛𝗶𝗯𝗮, 𝗞𝗮𝘂𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗯𝗵, 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗮𝘃 𝗠, 𝗗𝗵𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗶, 𝗥𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗮 ,𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗱, 𝗦𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗱𝘂𝗹𝘁 𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀: 𝗦𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗷𝗶, 𝗦𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗷𝗶, 𝗡𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗱𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗮 𝗷𝗶 , 𝗭𝗮𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗷𝗶, 𝗩𝗮𝗺𝘀𝗵𝗶 𝗷𝗶, 𝗥𝗮𝗴𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗷𝗶, 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵 𝗷𝗶, 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗷𝗲𝘀𝗵 𝗷𝗶 , 𝗔𝘀𝗵𝗮 𝗷𝗶, 𝗩𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗮 Amazing help by Brijesh ji, Suresh, Zahara ji, Raghunath ji , Asha ji in making boxes, sorting, packing, loading , unloading boxes Amazing help by our Srinath ji , Srivardhan ji , Nivedhita ji, Vamshi ji in making boxes, sorting, packing during the morning hours till noon Special shoutout to Asha ji for going home inbetween of her shift volunteering at 4 pm to make some masala tea for adult volunteers and for treating our youth volunteers with lemonade, cakes at the end. 𝗪𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝗞𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗘𝘅𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲, 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗩𝗧 𝗦𝗲𝘃𝗮 𝗗𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗶𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗶 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗶𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗻. 𝗪𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝗞𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗲𝗿. Denis appreciation words below that was sent in her email for VT Seva Detroit Volunteers who did this food drive 🙏 'Thanks so much to you and all of VT Seva Detroit! You all make such a difference in our community. We very much appreciate the wonderful support we receive from VT Seva Detroit – you all have been such longtime and wonderful supporters! Thank you for organizing a food drive to benefit Gleaners' Denise M. Leduc Director of Volunteer Services & Partner Support Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan We delivered 7 food boxes to Gleaners Food bank and 5 Food boxes to Capuchin Soup Kitchen at Detroit. We also donated all the moneytary donations $682 to Gleaners Food bank. We are looking forward to do such food drives next year as well with the help of Kroger stores.

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VTS DETROIT 2021 FOOD DRIVE FOR GLEANERS FOOD BANK AND CAPUCHIN SOUP KITCHEN WITH THE HELP OF KROGER NOVI STORES SOLICITATION FINISHED OFF VERY SUCCESSFULLY VT Seva Detroit has always been proud to partner with Gleaners and Capuchin Soup Kitchen in any community service initiatives. Gleaner Food Bank is committed to end Hunger in Southeast Michigan along with their partner agencies as a part of Feeding America program. “Child” & “Hunger” are the two words that should never go together. To solve this complex problem Gleaners always collaborates with other agencies to find solutions for a hunger-free community. Capuchin Soup Kitchen’s mission is to tend to people's basic needs, especially the need for food and strives to stimulate minds and nourish spirits, and works to understand & address root causes of social injustice in our community. VT Seva Detroit has partnered with these two amazing organizations in many past Food Drives and Community Initiatives and have contributed immensely towards positively impacting the local community. As a part of this Food Drive, we collected 12 Boxes of Food donations and over $682.00 in CASH for the Food Banks from generous customers who shopped today (08/22/2021) at Kroger Novi store from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. Amazing help from all our wonderful volunteers who were there on all shifts and tirelessly worked for this great success. Our youth volunteers and adult volunteers had all guns blazing throughout their shift slots reaching out to all the customers, distributing flyers, speaking about VT Seva Detroit and explaining the reason behind the food drive. They were spot on with their impeccable customer friendly skills and approach. We did see few people who were un-responsive towards their efforts but our Volunteers never gave up, continued to do their duties with the same energy and smile. We sincerely thank each one of these wonderful Youth and Adult volunteers who participated in the Food Drive. Youth volunteers: Sai Karnati, Sai Sahasra, Aditi, Hiba, Kaustubh, Pranav M, Dhruthi, Rashmitha ,Anand, Siddharth Adult volunteers: Srinath ji, Srivardhan ji, Nivedhita ji , Zahara ji, Vamshi ji, Raghunath ji, Suresh ji, Brijesh ji , Asha ji, Vanitha Amazing 👏👌 help by Brijesh ji, Suresh, Zahara ji, Raghunath ji , Asha ji in making boxes, sorting, packing, loading , unloading boxes Amazing help by Srinath ji , Srivardhan ji , Nivedhita ji, Vamshi ji in making boxes, sorting, packing during the morning hours till noon🙏 Special shout out to Asha ji for going home in-between of her volunteering shift at 4:00 pm to make some refreshing Masala Chai for Adult volunteers and treating our Youth volunteers with Lemonade, & Cup Cakes. After the collection, the Gleaners Food Bank associate drove all the way to our coordinator’s residence and picked up the food donation boxes & he was so appreciative and whole heartedly thanked for our efforts. We also delivered the remaining food donations boxes to Capuchin Kitchen Services, Detroit. Pastor Dijan was very kind to appreciate our efforts. We take this opportunity to also sincerely thank Kroger Corporate Executive, Stacy for approving VT Seva Detroit solicitation application and granting Novi Store to do food drive for Metro Detroit foodbanks to alleviate hunger in many families across Michigan. We plan on continuing to do the food drive every year with the help of Kroger. We received the below appreciation emails from Gleaners Food Bank! Thanks so much to you and all of VT Seva Detroit! You all make such a difference in our community. We very much appreciate the wonderful support we receive from VT Seva Detroit – you all have been such longtime and wonderful supporters! Thank you for organizing a food drive to benefit Gleaners Denise M. Leduc Director of Volunteer Services & Partner Support Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan Event log created by: Vanitha Gopalan Event log published by: Nandini Cheemalamarri (Detroit Communications)

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VT Seva Houston had its Annual Earth Day Science Fair Award and President’s Volunteer Service Award (PVSA) Presentation on August 21, 2021. To all the Earth Day Science Fair winners, many congratulations on a great show of talent and awareness about Mother Earth. To the PVSA Awardees, your spirit of selflessness in volunteerism and commitment to the community are truly appreciated!

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VT Seva North Jersey held a Food Drive on August 21st conducted completely by our youth volunteers and led by Srija Boddu. Through this event we got an overwhelming amount of donations from many of our VT Seva members and also many strangers who decided to help out!! All of the donations and food received was given to the Parsippany Community Center, a local Food Pantry. The event was a great success with more than 200 donations!